"I urge our political representatives to represent all of us. And I urge them to implement real solutions to community safety and social cohesion problems, not quick fixes that erode our freedoms and exacerbate the problems they are meant to solve."
https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01/what-we-can-say-and-what-we-can-go-to-jail-for/
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@DropBear i do wonder if the venn diagram between the people who are supporting this and the people who got so upset at sections 18c and d of the racial discrimination act is a circle
"As currently written, the new Bill makes News Corp a criminal enterprise, even if it’s not formally listed alongside the National Socialist Network or Hizb ut Tahrir."
https://aliensideboob.substack.com/p/i-get-the-top-bunk-rupe
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Shout out to David Brophy for using his submission to troll Zionists about how they may fall foul of the laws they want to introduce.
Full text (PDF): https://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=e8c9ae94-dc52-4bc2-8dd1-636c16d6da9f&subId=781760
Other submissions:
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary/_Business/Committees/Joint/Intelligence/_and/_Security/CASHEBILL26/Submissions
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" A rushed legislative process of this nature undermines confidence, increases the risk of unintended consequences, and does not assist community unity or social cohesion."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/jan/16/hate-speech-legislation-political-reaction-anthony-albanese-labor-sussan-ley-coalition-greens-adelaide-festival-writers-week-backlash-sydney-protest-ban-ntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-6969a5228f082f699219cf78#block-6969a5228f082f699219cf78
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"In my view, the right to offend is far more important than any right not to be offended."
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/dec/07/raceandreligion.broadcasting
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![[Image of white-haired Rowan Atkinson in blue jacket, white shirt and blue tie] “To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a freedom. The freedom to criticize ideas, any ideas - even if they are sincerely held beliefs - is one of the fundamental freedoms of society. A law which attempts to say you can criticize and ridicule ideas as long as they are not religious ideas is a very peculiar law indeed.” -Rowan Atkinson Spirit Science @SpiritScienceOfficial](https://lemmy.nz/api/v3/image_proxy?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.theblower.au%2Fmedia_attachments%2Ffiles%2F115%2F918%2F980%2F644%2F674%2F273%2Foriginal%2F118dc3ea1af8dde3.png)
"It’s so creepy knowing I share a country with people who want to destroy my right to normal political speech."
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/australias-frightening-new-hate-speech
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